ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,888, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Aircraft environmental control system" was invented by Louis J. Bruno (Ellington, Conn.), Tony Ho (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Aiden Coutin (Enfield, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air cycle machine for an environmental control system for an aircraft includes at least one turbine configured to receive and extract work from a first medium and a third medium. A compressor is configured to compress a second medium and a shaft mechanically couples the at least one turbine and the compressor. A mixing point is located downstream of at least one turbin...